M1: Krabovidnaya tumannost' v teleskop im.Habbla
25.12.2011 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Eta putanica ostalas' posle vzryva zvezdy. Krabovidnaya tumannost' yavlyaetsya rezul'tatom vzryva sverhnovoi, kotoryi nablyudali v 1054 godu nashei ery. Ostatok sverhnovoi napolnen tainstvennymi voloknami. Volokna ne prosto slozhnye na vzglyad. Po ocenkam specialistov, massa, zaklyuchennaya v nih, men'she kolichestva veshestva, vybroshennogo v moment vzryva sverhnovoi.

Namek na bozon Higgsa ot Bol'shogo Adronnogo Kollaidera
18.12.2011 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Pochemu u ob'ektov est' massa? Chtoby vyyasnit' eto, evropeiskii Centr yadernyh issledovanii (CERN) postroil Bol'shoi Adronnyi Kollaider (BAK) — samyi moshnyi uskoritel' chastic, kogda-libo sozdannyi chelovekom. S 2008 goda na BAKe uchenye stalkivayut mezhdu soboi protony s besprecedentno bol'shimi skorostyami.